最低工资标准是以损失就业机会为代价的。然而,来自其它国家的证据都莫衷一是。有的研究发现这对就业不会产生影响,而有的则发现人们尤其是年轻人会真的因此失业。
In a recent a________⑤ of employment policies in the world's developed economies, the OECD said that “a moderate minimum wage generally is not a problem”. Britain's experience in the first few years of the policy bears out[4] that judgment. (6)But more recent increases have pushed the rate up to a level where it may inflict damage.
经济合作和发展组织(OECD)最近在一项对全球发达国家就业政策的评估报告中指出,“适度的最低工资标准通常不会引发任何问题。”就这一政策而言,英国最初几年的实践证实了这一论断。不过,最近这几次提高标准已经使其达到了一个可能引起危害的水平。
[QUIZ]
1. 根据上下文和英文释义,补全单词:
①i_______(n. the act of bringing something into use for the first time) ②o_______(n. the final result)
③i________(n. a possible future effect or result of an action, event, decision)
④m________(adj. accepted by or involving most people in a society) ⑤a________(n. a statement or opinion judging the worth, value, or condition of something)
2. 英译汉(将划线部分英文翻译成中文):
[NOTES](LONGMAN)
1. outstrip v. to be greater in quantity than something else 超过,超越
2. trajectory n. 轨道,轨迹;某段时间内发生的事件(常引起某种特定的结果或达到特定目的) 3. stingy adj. 吝啬的;不足的,太少的 4. bear out 证实
[KEY TO QUIZ]
1. ①introduction 引入
②acquisition 获得;买进 ③implications 牵连,暗示 ④Mainstream 主流的 ⑤appraisal 评价,鉴定
2.(见译文,仅供参考,欢迎指正)
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